FR: CentOS/RHEL symlink redis-cli binary in $PATH #4

[enbrnz]

On CentOS/RHEL we install redis-tools from Software Collections. These packages don't make redis-cli universally executable by symlinking the installed binary from a $PATH directory

[xoxys]

Thats expected behavior because scl tools are designed to be installed isolated beside the OS packages.

[xoxys]

See https://developers.redhat.com/blog/2017/10/18/use-software-collections-without-bothering-alternative-path/

[xoxys]

Mixing scl with OS packages/PATH could cause issues on user systems

[enbrnz]

Nice, thanks for the tip. So I guess we can close this issue and just tell anybody who asks to install the {redis,php,mariadb}-syspaths package in the future. Do you agree?

[enbrnz]

yum search *-syspaths
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
 * base: mirror.ratiokontakt.de
 * centos-sclo-rh: mirror.plustech.de
 * centos-sclo-sclo: mirror.ratiokontakt.de
 * epel: mirror.23media.com
 * extras: mirror.ratiokontakt.de
 * updates: centosmirror.netcup.net
============================================================================================================================= Matched: *-syspaths =============================================================================================================================
rh-mariadb102-syspaths.x86_64 : System-wide wrappers for the rh-mariadb102 Software Collection
rh-mariadb103-syspaths.x86_64 : System-wide wrappers for the rh-mariadb103 Software Collection
rh-mongodb34-syspaths.x86_64 : System-wide wrappers for the rh-mongodb34 Software Collection
rh-mongodb36-syspaths.x86_64 : System-wide wrappers for the rh-mongodb36 Software Collection
rh-mysql80-syspaths.x86_64 : System-wide wrappers for the rh-mysql80 Software Collection
rh-postgresql10-syspaths.x86_64 : System-wide wrappers for the rh-postgresql10 Software Collection
rh-postgresql12-syspaths.x86_64 : System-wide wrappers for the rh-postgresql12 Software Collection
rh-postgresql96-syspaths.x86_64 : System-wide wrappers for the rh-postgresql96 Software Collection

There are no syspath packages for redis or php

[enbrnz]

TODO: Check what syspath does, other options are symlinks, or simple wrapper scripts:

#!/usr/bin/env sh 

set -eo pipefail  
exec /path/to/rh/binary "$@"

[xoxys]

I've checked the MongoDB syspath package. No real magic, it also just creates wrapper scripts for the binaries and symlinks for everything else e.g. manpages or systemd unit files. I'll prepare a PR to add similar behavior.